As wide sweeping as YouTube’s reaction has been to its pedophile problem, it is not enough—perhaps because it is lacking a human element
For starters, it is unclear if the parents of the children being eroticized on the site have been notified. All evidence suggests the answer is a “no.” A YouTube spokesperson did not respond to questions about how YouTube, or even if they do, notifies parents of at-risk children. A statement that was shared from a YouTube spokesperson reads: “Any content - including comments - that endangers minors is abhorrent and we have clear policies prohibiting this on YouTube.
However, questionable videos created by children remain up, despite being demonetized and with disabled comment sections . Some of these videos have been up since 2013 and the subject of media reports. Five examples of videos that are still up but really shouldn't be have been sent to the tech editor here at Forbes but will not be shared for obvious reasons. Two examples are of girls contacted by a convicted pedophile in 2012, and both vlogged about it... one was 12, the other 9 at the time.
Imagine if your child uploaded a video onto the Internet that attracted hundreds of thousands --maybe even millions -- of views because it was inadvertent softcore child porn. Your child’s crotch is shown for a minute or they’re wearing a bathing suit or an item of clothing slips for a second and that is why the view count is so high: pedophiles have found your child’s video and are interacting with it and each other. Maybe a YouTube robot notices the view uptick and scans for a closer look.
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